Covid pandemics messed up lots of plans, so it also messed up plans of Zurich based punk rockers Überyou in writing and releasing their new record earlier than this. So, that is passed now and here is it. The fifth album by Swiss punk rockers containing 12 songs. The music is melodic punk, but not your fast skate punk/hardcore, this one is rather mid tempo hard hitting emotional melodic punk rock not dissimilar to Bouncing Souls, Hot Water Music, Off With Their Heads, Flatliners and similar bands, at least they reminded me of such genre, although there are also more up tempo straightforward punk songs like for example ‘Just Swinging By’. Vocals are raspy and rough, could easily fit into some wicked street punk band, but don’t worry, vocal melodies, anthemic choruses for singing along and nice guitar melodies and hooks are all here. The lyrics are critics to the overall situation, sure but somehow through prism of small, ordinary man and his/her eyes. There are couple of really hard hitters on this record, for me being ‘Road To Philly’, ‘Revolt’, ‘The Time Is Now’ and ‘By My Side’. This is a beautiful punk rock album.
Time for a band from my hometown scene to grace the pages of this webzine. Emphasis are delivering their vision of darkened post metal since 2005. Now, with some line-up changes the band released their new song taken off the album ‘Lazaret’ . The trio delivers mighty wall of sound and video taken from the animated movie from 1980 directed by legendary Joško Marušić. Check this one out and wait for the album. Judging by this new stuff will melt your face off!
Montreal based Iron Asparagus released their new debut e.p. containing four songs. I love album and song titles like this one, so it was a hitter. This one starts aggressive in thrash metal vein but continues as kind of melodic doom on choruses and later on in the song, the title song is a hit and I like it very much, kind of like Overkill meets Sabbath patchwork. ‘Orbitoclast’ starts a bit atmospheric almost ballad like, continuing in the vein of stoner grease mixed with thrash metal. But, basically this song is ballad sometimes reminding me of Queensryche but maybe that is only me hearing that. ‘Mr.Molotov’ has eerie atmosphere with that melody being sung quietly in the start and end of the song and although not fast, it is probably the heaviest song on the record. Heaviness continues with ‘Diamond In The Dirt’ being somehow classic Bay Area influenced thrash metal with all the best this genre provided, also with some death metal growls in the vocals. Great debut.
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